Patisserie & Cafe Business For Sale
Orewa, Hibiscus Coast, New Zealand



One taste is all it takes

Croissants are the best-known type of French pastry in the world.

They are made by layering yeast dough with butter and then rolling and folding a few times in succession. Croissants are usually sold by Patisseries without a filling and are eaten without added butter, but sometimes they are filled with ham and cheese or topped with a sweet mixture that may include chocolate, cheese, or almonds.

Residents on the Hibiscus Coast north of Auckland are fortunate to have their very own Patisserie, the Le Croissant Patisserie & Café in the Orewa Shopping Centre. This boutique Patisserie and Café bakes and serves the most delicious croissants.

Le Croissant Patisserie & Café is also known for its scrumptious home cooking, delectable snacks and mouth-watering lunches. Everything is made on-site using only the freshest of ingredients and all meals are served with a selection of great coffees and teas. As the slogan says, “One taste is all it takes”.

Warm and inviting Cafe seating area at the front of the Patisserie

Le Croissant Patisserie & Café opened in 2003 as a home bakery with a front seating area where customers could relax and enjoy their croissants and coffee. Since then, the business has gone from strength to strength, being rewarded with a large customer following and the winning of the Orewa Beach Customer Service and Excellence Award.

After 4 busy years, the owner of Le Croissant Patisserie & Café wishes to retire from business life and she has put her successful business on to the market. It would ideally suit a person with and interest in home baking who wants an established business in one of Auckland’s fastest-growing and most affluent outer suburbs.

Popular patisserie and a warm and relaxing café

Le Croissant Patisserie & Café sells a great selection of:

• Croissants, Danish pastries, meat pies, savouries, sandwiches, filled rolls
• Cakes, pastries, fruit pies, tarts, muffins
• Coffee, teas, soft drinks, fruit juices

Great selection of scrumptious home baked foods

The staff offer a personalised and friendly service and make the effort to get to know their customers on a first name basis. Friendly service, effective signage, clean windows, and great street frontage all combine to make Le Croissant Patisserie & Café one of Orewa’s most popular shops.

Leasehold premises

Le Croissant Patisserie & Café trades from leasehold premises (77.7 square metres) comprising a ground floor retail shop in a courtyard retail development at 19 Moana Avenue, Orewa. The shop is of concrete block construction with concrete floor and aluminium joinery. The frontage is mostly glass, the interior walls are painted, and the floors are tiled.

The shop (63 sq metres) is divided into front retail area (25 square metres) comprising Cafe servery and seating, and a rear kitchen (28 square metres). An office-storeroom and a walk-in chiller are positioned between the kitchen and the front customer servery.

Customer counter and servery, dining tables and chairs, and cane armchairs

The kitchen is very large, with an excellent working space, and is a perfect kitchen for out-catering. It has a multi-deck oven suitable for bread making, croissants, muffins and more. Other kitchen equipment includes two mixers, one with a 20 kg capacity and one with a 40 kg capacity. There are staff toilets at the rear of the kitchen.

Assets

A complete list of lessee fittings, fixtures and chattels being sold is available. Main items include:

Cafe and servery

• Wooden top pedestal tables (10), and chairs (24), cane armchairs, cane coffee tables
• Counter, coffee machine, refrigerated food display cabinet, ambient food display cabinet, pie warmer, Eftpos terminal, till
• Coffee retail display, light fittings including a 3 lamplight, stereo 5-track sound system, cutlery, crockery, glassware

Kitchen

• Work benches, stainless steel benches, shelving, dishwasher, coffee machine
• Mixers (40 kg and 20 kg), bakery equipment, bowls, kitchen utensils, drying racks
• Refrigerator, drinks refrigerator, freezers (4), walk-in cooler
• Microwave ovens (2), multi-deck oven

Well appointed kitchen with multi level electric oven

Office

• Phone, storage room shelving

Day to day management

Business Hours:
Monday to Friday – 8.00 am to 4.00 pm.
Saturday – 8.30 am to 2.30 pm.

Staff:
The business is operated by the owner with assistance from two staff and one part time person on Saturdays.

Stock:
Stock at valuation will total approximately $5000.

Advertising and Promotion:
The business advertises through building and street-side signage and through advertisements in local newspapers an in Travel Guides for Orewa. This is a popular shop selling in-demand foods and is well known to most Orewa residents.

Call Suzanne on 021 179 0211 (day) or +64 9 428 2591 (evenings)

Orewa and the Hibiscus Coast

Orewa Beach just north of Auckland City is one of the finest beaches in New Zealand. At low tide, the beach provides a broad sandy promenade. Over the years, the town of Orewa has grown to be the commercial heart of the Hibiscus Coast and a bustling Holiday Resort.

Le Croissant Patisserie & Café is located in the Orewa Beach Town Centre, right in the busiest area of the town. The Town Centre has a great variety of other shops and services, restaurants, Trading Banks, Real Estate Offices, supermarkets, dairies and accommodation. State Highway 1, the main road to Northland, passes through the centre of Orewa and brings a steady stream of shoppers to the Town Centre.

With the linking of Orewa to Auckland by fast motorway, many Residential Estates have been developed inland from the Beach. Residents from these new estates shop in the Orewa Beach Town Centre and patronise up-market businesses like Le Croissant Patisserie & Café.

Nearby Auckland is a cosmopolitan city with scenic landscapes, urban bustle and adventure activities from vineyard tours to exciting night life. North Shore City located between Auckland and Orewa offers extensive shopping centres, live theatre, and Massey University. The whole area overlooks the Hauraki Gulf with sun, sand, fishing, sailing and power boating for every taste.

To find out more about Orewa and nearby Auckland, click on:

http://www.orewa-beach.co.nz/
http://www.hibiscuslink.co.nz/
http://auckland.massey.ac.nz/
http://www.northshorecity.govt.nz/
http://www.aucklandnz.com/